My gut feeling is that it will at least seam to work until after the election because that would be the wise move for Iran because they will know that if Bernie gets in they can start acting up again .

If trump wins again they may go bat shit or take the bloody nose , who knows ?

My gut feeling is that it will at least seam to work until after the election because that would be the wise move for Iran because they will know that if Bernie gets in they can start acting up again .

If trump wins again they may go bat shit or take the bloody nose , who knows ?

Wouldn't surprise me if Russia and China are sitting their whispering in their ear saying don't worry you got this.

Of the single rapier fight between valiant men, having both skill, he that is the best wrestler, or if neither of them can wrestle, the strongest man most commonly kills the other, or leaves him at his mercy.
–George Silver, Paradoxes of Defence

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Nothing to do with what I said or have said. It is possible to make a bad situation worse and you seem to be banking on the plausible deniability that Hillary would have been worse. Fuck that. This is what's happening now in the real world.

The buck stops with the current occupant.

"Pave the way for the little guy, Caligula!" Harry Solomon, September 28, 1999

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My current views are the result of a life long study of history. + numerous conversations with familial friends from Pakistan, Iran, China, India and others, at my or their's home tables. In their countries or mine.

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Nothing to do with what I said or have said. It is possible to make a bad situation worse and you seem to be banking on the plausible deniability that Hillary would have been worse. Fuck that. This is what's happening now in the real world.

Of the single rapier fight between valiant men, having both skill, he that is the best wrestler, or if neither of them can wrestle, the strongest man most commonly kills the other, or leaves him at his mercy.
–George Silver, Paradoxes of Defence

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So if there is conflict, I hope it ends quickly. So the suffering is minimized as much as possible.

For that there has to be clear objects that don't result in regime change and occupation.
If we are fine without regime change then it can be over in a week.
If we have to dispose the government and instate a new one, well that is when we run into long protracted civil war bullshit that gets our troops killed and demonized.

Of the single rapier fight between valiant men, having both skill, he that is the best wrestler, or if neither of them can wrestle, the strongest man most commonly kills the other, or leaves him at his mercy.
–George Silver, Paradoxes of Defence

Yeah. Iranian military and domestic leadership seem to be easily provoked unstable psychopaths. Definitely didn't happen in a vacuum. Suliemani was a rabid dog but now there's a military power vacuum in an already unstable hyper-militaristic violent regime. The Qud's will be chomping at the bit for revenge and this is a country already obsessed with revenge over any perceived slight.

China and Russia both are holding Joint military exercises over there right now. This situation is a potential powder keg of what could go wrong.

"Pave the way for the little guy, Caligula!" Harry Solomon, September 28, 1999

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For that there has to be clear objects that don't result in regime change and occupation.
If we are fine without regime change then it can be over in a week.
If we have to dispose the government and instate a new one, well that is when we run into long protracted civil war bullshit that gets our troops killed and demonized.

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China and Russia both are holding Joint military exercises over there right now.

You don't say........

Also so when is the time to deal with an unstable psychopath?

Of the single rapier fight between valiant men, having both skill, he that is the best wrestler, or if neither of them can wrestle, the strongest man most commonly kills the other, or leaves him at his mercy.
–George Silver, Paradoxes of Defence

So you want to provide them with material support, training, and stability against others who also may hate their government but don't agree with the guys where like hey your now in charge?

Of the single rapier fight between valiant men, having both skill, he that is the best wrestler, or if neither of them can wrestle, the strongest man most commonly kills the other, or leaves him at his mercy.
–George Silver, Paradoxes of Defence